Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Designs, develops, debugs, optimizes, and validates firmware and system software for high-performance IoT platforms across Linux, Android, and real-time operating systems. The role involves embedded programming, automated and unit testing, multi-core architecture debugging, architectural collaboration, cross-disciplinary feature development, and cloud-based validation at scale.

As a Fullstack Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, and maintain scalable frontend and backend systems while collaborating across teams.

Lead architecture, modernization, and development of Group Insurance applications. Modernize mainframe monoliths into Java microservices and micro-frontends on cloud, mentor distributed Agile teams, collaborate with enterprise architecture, product owners and infrastructure, and enable test automation and integrations. Approximately 10% domestic travel.

Lead UI architecture and design for responsive web applications; build reusable components with Angular/React/Vue and TypeScript/JavaScript; integrate UIs with RESTful microservices; enforce accessibility, security, testing, and CI/CD standards; mentor developers and collaborate with UX, backend, and DevOps teams in Agile environments.

Design and implement CIAM backend services for authentication and authorization. Integrate identity systems, manage secure flows, and automate infrastructure.

Own and evolve the Subscriptions and Payments backend: design APIs, integrate providers, improve reliability and scalability, lead architecture and code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally, and participate in on-call rotations.

As a Billing & Analytics Software Engineer, you'll design and maintain the billing pipeline, integrate billing systems, and develop customer-facing analytics dashboards to support revenue recognition and operational observability.

Maintain and improve GameChanger's backend API server and SDK. Implement API/SDK changes, improve developer ergonomics, optimize performance and scalability, design critical systems, document and mentor teammates, and participate in on-call rotation.

Design, implement, and maintain partner integration solutions; translate partner requirements into scalable technical implementations; troubleshoot and automate fixes; collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve tools and ensure successful partner onboarding and launches.

Lead design and delivery of scalable customer-facing features, services, and APIs that process real-time data and AI-powered insights. Build web experiences, contribute to LLM/AI workflows, ensure reliability through observability and rollout practices, and collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, ML, and platform teams.

Build and evolve Circle Discover marketplace features: high-converting purchasing flows, algorithmic recommendations, content feeds, and listings. Work across a Ruby on Rails backend and React/Next.js front-ends, optimize performance and SSR/SSG, collaborate with designers and leaders, and improve codebase quality while shipping at pace in a distributed remote team.

Build and operate high-throughput backend services powering AI agent orchestration, connector integrations, and real-time data pipelines. Design scalable core platform services, collaborate with ML, frontend, and product teams, implement infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD, and mentor junior engineers to deliver reliable, AI-powered features.

Build and own end-to-end full-stack systems for AI-powered agentic trading across web and React Native mobile. Implement real-time, low-latency UIs and Go backend services, integrate streaming AI/ML features and market data, drive architecture and code quality, and collaborate with AI/ML, design, and product teams to ship production-ready features used by millions.

Build and own Eve's marketing site and GTM engineering stack: integrate and optimize external tools, design AI agents for sales and marketing, implement webhooks and middleware to sync product/CRM data, and create programmatic campaigns and internal tools in partnership with Marketing, Sales, RevOps, and Product to drive growth and automation.

Lead frontend-leaning full-stack implementation work for carrier and enterprise integrations: architect reusable UI and API layers, author RFCs, guide technical delivery, enforce testing and security best practices, and partner with cross-functional teams to scope and ship production integrations.

Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable full‑stack systems. Contribute to API and architecture design, write testable code, debug complex issues, improve performance, automate deployments, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

Join the Devopstronauts team at Nationwide to design and maintain scalable software platforms while improving developer tools, utilizing CI/CD practices and Agile methodologies.

As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you'll enhance database reliability, automate infrastructure, collaborate on initiatives, and participate in on-call duties.

Lead architecture, design, and delivery of PET product features; write production full‑stack code; champion testing, observability, CI/CD and operational readiness; mentor engineers and collaborate with product to shape technical roadmap.

Build and own end-to-end frontend experiences for Coinbase card products across web and mobile. Ship high-scale consumer features, improve payment flow performance and SLOs, reduce latency and CX contacts, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver reliable, user-focused card functionality.

Build scalable distributed systems for Rula’s Marketplace Health Engine, improving provider utilization, marketplace efficiency, and patient access. Partner with Engineering, Product, Data, and Operations; lead technical strategy across teams; design backend services, APIs, and data-intensive systems; drive projects from discovery through post-launch support; solve complex marketplace problems; mentor engineers; and remain hands-on in software development.

Design, build, and maintain high-throughput data ingestion and processing pipelines; integrate AI-powered infrastructure; implement and support complex computing algorithms and distributed services; own systems end-to-end including architecture, observability, reliability, and operational support; lead architectural initiatives and reduce system complexity while maintaining performance on large-scale real-time data.

Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure software (primarily in Go) to manage VMs across global data centers. Collaborate on product requirements, participate in code reviews, optimize performance and reliability, contribute to architecture decisions, and stay current with industry trends.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform team, you'll enhance the data infrastructure, develop ETL pipelines, maintain data quality, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Senior full-stack engineer responsible for designing, building, and shipping customer-impacting features across a Node/TypeScript/React codebase. Use AI tools in development, own production services (deployments, monitoring, on-call), debug distributed systems, improve engineering practices, mentor teammates, and influence technical direction within a product pod.